Community-Based Methods in Environmental Health

SPH EH 800

Credits:

4

Graduate Prerequisites:

The MPH core course requirements in Epidemiology and Environmental Health or consent of instructor.

Low-income urban communities are exposed to many environmental and non-environmental stressors, but many tools and techniques for public policy decision-making do not adequately address these complex settings. This course focuses on methods for assessing and addressing local community health impacts from environmental stressors, with an emphasis on health impact assessment, community-based participatory research, and analytical methods to evaluate environmental justice. Case examples will include traffic and housing, and students will work with a community group to implement a health impact assessment on a topic of mutual interest.